Senior HRIS & Data Governance Lead (Workday)

Merck & Co.; Bridgewater (MA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Legend Biotech USA Inc. is a global biotechnology company driving data-driven HR operations in Bridgewater, NJ.

We seek a Senior HRIS Analyst to govern HR data, ensure accuracy and privacy, and support reporting and analytics across Workday and related systems. You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Finance, and IT to maintain data quality, establish governance standards, and administer change control processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HRIS, HR, IS, Business Admin, Data Analytics, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in HRIS, HR Operations, HR Data Management, or related HR technology role.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining HR data integrity, performing data audits, and implementing governance standards and controls.
• Experience delivering HR reports, dashboards, metrics, and analytics to support operational, compliance, and business decisions.
• Experience administering HR data governance processes, including change control, testing coordination, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Strong understanding of employee data management, organizational structures, and data privacy requirements; hands-on Workday HCM.
• Proven ability to analyze complex data issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable solutions to improve data quality and operational efficiency.
• Experience partnering with Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, and HR Centers of Excellence.
• Knowledge of HR compliance requirements, audit processes, and data privacy regulations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project coordination, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Workday HCM reporting, dashboards, and data visualization solutions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and security of HR data across Workday and other HR systems.
• Monitor and maintain data integrity through regular audits, validations, and reconciliation activities.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce HR data governance standards, validation rules, and supporting documentation.
• Investigate and resolve employee master data issues and data discrepancies.
• Support organizational and worker data management processes.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and audit requirements related to HR data and systems.
• Partner with Payroll, Benefits, Absence, Finance and IT teams to ensure data consistency across systems.
• Support HR reporting, dashboard development, and analytics initiatives.
• Validate data accuracy for operational, compliance, executive, and board-level reporting.
• Analyze HR data trends and provide insights to support strategic initiatives and continuous process improvement.
• Review, validate, and fulfill HR data and reporting requests, ensuring appropriate authorization, confidentiality, and data privacy requirements are met prior to providing access to employee information.
• Support periodic reviews of security roles, report access, and data permissions to ensure compliance with company policies, audit requirements, and data privacy regulations.
• Administer and manage the Workday change control process.
• Review enhancement requests, defects, and production issues for completeness, business impact, and prioritization.
• Coordinate requirements gathering, testing activities, approvals, and change documentation.
• Maintain change control logs, release documentation, and audit records.
• Facilitate change review meetings and communicate status updates to stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to established governance, testing, approval, and change control processes.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and ensure appropriate testing documentation is maintained.
• Conduct post-implementation validation activities to confirm system changes have achieved the intended business outcome.
• Track and report on change requests, enhancements, defects, and overall change control status to leadership.

Skills

Data governance

Workday HCM

HR data management

Data analytics

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HRIS or related field

Tools

Workday HCM

Job description

Legend Biotech USA Inc. is a global biotechnology company driving data-driven HR operations in Bridgewater, NJ.

We seek a Senior HRIS Analyst to govern HR data, ensure accuracy and privacy, and support reporting and analytics across Workday and related systems. You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Finance, and IT to maintain data quality, establish governance standards, and administer change control processes.